I've fallen and I can't get up!
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I've fallen and I can't get up!
So I went up to the camp for the first time since New Year's today. Snow was anywhere from 20-24 inches in the bush and quite soft. Put on my snowshoes and decided to break a trail down to the river (about a mile) and than set up at one of the food plots and try to call in some coyotes.
Well all was going smoothly until I lost my balance about 3/4 of a mile in and wiped out. Pack went flying, rifle buried in the snow and me on my back admiring the sky with my legs askew. I am sure I was quite the sight.
My trail breaking boats (snowshoes) are great but are something of a pain to take off/on when you are all geared up. So I tried (unsuccessfully) to get back on my feet without taking them off - not gonna happen with the parka and snow pants on as there was nothing to push off of. My hands were just disappearing into the snow with no ground to be found. Being the stubborn person I am I swam over to the nearest tree (about 10 feet) and used it to pull my self up.
At this point I was laughing at myself pretty hard and decided to just dump my gear and snowshoe around for a few hours as there was literally no coyote tracks anywhere. Saw 18 deer (group of 6 and a group of 12). They looked to be in very good shape. There was also more deer sign than I have ever seen at this time of year. Also saw a group of 20-30 turkeys (not sure how many as they took running and flying) and tons of snowshoe hare sign. One of the hare runs was wide enough and packed hard enough I am pretty sure I could have walked on it without snowshoes.
All and all a fun way to spend a cold afternoon.
Well all was going smoothly until I lost my balance about 3/4 of a mile in and wiped out. Pack went flying, rifle buried in the snow and me on my back admiring the sky with my legs askew. I am sure I was quite the sight.
My trail breaking boats (snowshoes) are great but are something of a pain to take off/on when you are all geared up. So I tried (unsuccessfully) to get back on my feet without taking them off - not gonna happen with the parka and snow pants on as there was nothing to push off of. My hands were just disappearing into the snow with no ground to be found. Being the stubborn person I am I swam over to the nearest tree (about 10 feet) and used it to pull my self up.
At this point I was laughing at myself pretty hard and decided to just dump my gear and snowshoe around for a few hours as there was literally no coyote tracks anywhere. Saw 18 deer (group of 6 and a group of 12). They looked to be in very good shape. There was also more deer sign than I have ever seen at this time of year. Also saw a group of 20-30 turkeys (not sure how many as they took running and flying) and tons of snowshoe hare sign. One of the hare runs was wide enough and packed hard enough I am pretty sure I could have walked on it without snowshoes.
All and all a fun way to spend a cold afternoon.
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Re: I've fallen and I can't get up!
Would have loved a video of that one!!
Glad your ok.
Glad your ok.
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Re: I've fallen and I can't get up!
X2! We all have our moments!
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I'm sure that was a Kodak moment. Sounds like a nice camp.
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Re: I've fallen and I can't get up!
to funny. I want to be young again. Actually I could do that on grass.
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Re: I've fallen and I can't get up!
I could jus picture a pillsbury Doughboy flounderin around in the soft snow like it were cool whip
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Its never funny till hind side kicks in.
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Re: I've fallen and I can't get up!
I can laugh because I have been there . Mine was walking past a small evergreen when I went over against the tree . Here I am floundering around trying desperately to even get horizontal with snowshoes still on .
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Re: I've fallen and I can't get up!
use to hunt them white bunnies on snow shoes and ended up that way a few times and back then every thing was leather and buckles. There are so few bunnies around now day's it's now worth going out to look for them.
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That's funny stuff there Agingagingcrossbower wrote:to funny. I want to be young again. Actually I could do that on grass.
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Re: I've fallen and I can't get up!
Good story, glad it had a happy ending and you could laugh about it! I've got my feet tangled up in roots, briars and vines more times than I can count
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